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A photojournalist for The Washington Post was wounded on Friday during clashes in the West Bank village of Abu Fallah in the Ramallah district. According to reports, masked individuals threw stones at residents harvesting olives and set olive trees on fire, with at least two people injured including American photographer Heidi Levine.

Multiple Israeli sources reported the incident, with the Binyamin Council claiming that Palestinians initiated the confrontation and that militants fired flares in direct coordination. The council alleged that journalists present documented what they characterised as a deliberate provocation.

The Jerusalem Post and Ynet both covered the incident as part of broader reporting on four nationalist-motivated clashes reported overnight and Friday morning across multiple West Bank locations. The wounding of an international journalist during an Israeli-Palestinian confrontation represents a significant diplomatic and security incident.

Sources: Ynet, Walla, www.israelhayom.co.il, Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel

Update 13:45: Combines reporting from Ynet (Hebrew), Jerusalem Post, and Times of Israel covering same incident with different angles